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Download Issue SUSSEXSUSSEX 1 JEWISHJEWISH NEWSNEWS WHAT’S INSIDE.... NATIONAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMME | HOLOCAUST REFLECTIONS SUSSEX JEWISH REP COUNCIL | WHAT’S ON | AND MORE Whats JANUARY 2019 • TEVET - SHEVAT 5779 • ISSUE 292 2 Community Spotlight 3 Jewish Historical Society of England – Sussex Branch by Godfrey R Gould Even the atrocious weather of 27 November could not dampen individuals who had taken part and especially those who had the enthusiasm of the capacity audience who turned up at our perished. last meeting of 2018 to hear our Chairman, Michael Crook, In all, this was a most impressive display of original research speak on The Brighton Jewish Community: 1910-1920. This lecture was delivered to commemorate the end of the Great War excellently presented. Michael observed that it was surprising a century ago. that nobody had undertaken such a study before. The many who had made such a special effort to attend were not Michael has researched most diligently from several primary disappointed. sources, such as the Minutes of the Brighton Hebrew Congregation, the Jewish Chronicle Our next meeting will be on Archive, the Jewish Roll of Honour Tuesday 29 January 2019 when and local Directories to assemble this Our next meeting will be on Dr Imogen Choi, Queen Sofia impressive picture of the Brighton and Special Fellow and Lecturer in Hove Jewish community then. The Tuesday 29 January 2019. Spanish, Exeter College, and many intriguing highlights included Associate Professor of Spanish at the short-lived Montefiore Minyan, the the University of Oxford, will speak impressive generosity of Sir John Howard, and the remarkable on “Mediaeval Sephardi Literature”. The meeting will be at Ralli number of High Holydays services (five, all Orthodox!). Of Hall commencing at 7.45 pm, free for members, students and course, most important, was the contribution made by men of season ticket holders, only £5 to most welcome guests and the local Jewish Community in the global conflict. Here, Michael visitors, and which also includes light refreshments after the had discovered many discrepancies in the numbers and of the lecture. Cover: Flower images painted by members of EDITORIAL BOARD Doris Levinson, Stephanie Megitt, Dr Winston Pickett, the Jewish Art Society (JAS) for the new Top Hat Michael Rich, David Seidel production this month. TECHNICAL ADVISOR Brian Megitt SJN brings local news, events, articles, reviews, ADMINISTRATOR Hazel Coppins announcements, people, congregations, communities, contacts and more. Delivered at ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Ivor Sorokin the start of each month, SJN is run entirely by COMMUNAL DIARY [email protected] volunteers for reporting, editing and circulating COVER PHOTO Rochelle Oberman each edition. 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ISSUE 292 | JANUARY 2019 Sussex Jewish News Contents PO Box 2178 • Hove BN3 3SZ Telephone: 07906 955 404 2 [email protected] or [email protected] 3 FEATURES 1 TOP HAT FLOWERS Image by various members of the Jewish Arts Society 2 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Jewish Historical Society – Sussex Branch 9 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY 2019 The programme at the University of Sussex 10 HOLOCAUST REFLECTIONS The Great Escape, Torn from Home and Rabbi Charles Wallach 13 ZEH RAK DA’ATI MARTIN GROSS Godfrey Gould’s fourth instalment Memorials 14 SUSSEX JEWISH REP COUNCIL What our great and good have been up to All aspects of stone-masonry undertaken from new to renovation and cleaning 01273 439792 REGULARS 4 SUSSEX AND THE CITY 07801 599771 Your news, views and stories from across the county 8 CULTURE Film and East Preston remembers 20 WHAT’S ON – JANUARY Regular and special events in your community YOUR COMMUNITY 16 BRIGHTON & HOVE PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE 17 BRIGHTON & HOVE REFORM SYNAGOGUE 18 BRIGHTON & HOVE HEBREW CONGREGATION 19 HOVE HEBREW CONGREGATION Full page (A4 size) £170 Sussex Jewish News (‘SJN’), its Editor and Editorial Board: Half page (A5 size) £100 • are not allied to any synagogue or group and the views expressed by writers are not necessarily those of SJN; Quarter page (A6 size) £65 • accept advertisements in good faith but do not endorse any products 1/9 page (credit card size) £40 or services and do not accept liability for any aspect of any advertisements; and Personal Announcements in a box (up to 6 lines): £25 • welcome readers’ contributions but reserve the right to edit, cut, decline Announcements up to 3 lines £10 or submit the content to others for comment. 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Erratum Get Well In the December issue of SJN we printed the name of Hershel We wish refuah sheleimah to all who are unwell or in Gorker z’l as having passed away. This should have read hospital at the present time. Hershel Golker z’l. We apologize for the error and wish the family Long Life. Your Views From Myrna Carlebach My continued congratulations for your welcome bit of Lauterpacht initiated the phrase Human Rights and Lemkin Brighton interest every month. invented the word Genocide. Lauterpacht was one of the British team at the Nuremberg Trials and was Professor of I always read it cover to cover with a special interest in the Law at Cambridge University. four rabbinical thoughts. However, this month I need to add to the Jewish Connection to Human Rights article. We knew the Lauterpacht family in Cambridge and I taught the three grandchildren in the cheder. With respect, you cannot talk about the Declaration of Human Rights without mentioning Hersch Lauterpacht whose design You can read the amazing story of Lauterpacht and Lemkin in it was. He and Rafael Lemkin were both Jewish law students Phillipe Sands’ amazing book, “East West Street”. at Lvov university before WW2. from Peggy Sherwood MBE I read with interest Simon Seligman’s article in the December 8.30am and two further volunteers transport sleeping bags on 2018 SJN and also the Pause for Thought piece. to the next venue. Having been born and brought up in Hove, and having been This is a wonderful project which I’m proud to say I’ve an out of town member of BHPS for several years, I enjoy my done the FPS rota for the past three years. This year it was subscription to SJN very much. extended to 30 weeks from 24. At the end of the 30 weeks we hope that many of the guests will have found accommodation For many years now, my synagogue, Finchley Progressive before being back on the streets for the summer months Synagogue, has taken part in Together in Barnet’s Winter although it’s sad to note that sometimes we see many familiar Night Shelter. Each night, a different place of worship in faces the following year. the London Borough of Barnet opens its doors, provides a hot three course meal, hosts up to 17 guests (referred by Synagogues and other places of worship are ideal places for Together in Barnet) to sleep in the building, and then provides a Night Shelter – generally unused at night and large enough a fully cooked breakfast. Finchley Progressive Synagogue to accommodate people who otherwise would have spent was the first synagogue to be involved in the Shelter but now the night on the streets. Because it is a project run through there are others – Finchley Reform (who also run the five day/ Together in Barnet guests are referred to us – no alcohol or night Christmas Night Shelter), Shaare Zadek Reform and drug use is tolerated and we have had few problems. now this year New North London Masorti. Finchley Progressive Synagogue is also a collection point The Shelter runs for 30 weeks from October through till for Finchley FoodBank which is run by our neighbours and April with three cycles of ten weeks each. This year Finchley friends at St Mary’s Church, East Finchley. Recently we had a Progressive has been involved in the first ten week cycle request for Advent Calendars for their clients – we delivered every Tuesday night. A band of four or five FPS members over 50 to the Church last week as a special treat.
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